"The situation will become more and more serious in the future. Whether it is to retaliate against us or to suppress us from increasing oil production, the Soviet Union will attack our oil wells crazily."
"Not only us, but also my allies, such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, may become targets of their attacks. The enemies in the north are from Jordan, and the enemies in the south are from Yemen. Those damn wandering armed organizations are like the ones in the dark. Poisonous scorpion..."
Having said this, Sattler sighed, looked at the staff next to him, and then asked again:
"Where is my father? Any instructions or actions?"
Hearing what Sattler said, the staff member quickly bowed slightly and said respectfully:
"Just now, His Majesty the King issued a statement, severely condemning this attack, and stated that he would conduct aerial bombings on the bases of these armed organizations in the future to make them pay the price of blood for the attack."
"In addition, His Majesty also summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Riyadh, hoping to discuss issues related to in-depth cooperation between the two sides in defense and security. The talks are still ongoing, and we do not know the specific content. His Royal Highness Prince Duarte is accompanying him. .”
Hearing this, Sattler breathed a sigh of relief. The plan was proceeding smoothly. The current meeting between His Majesty the King and the American Ambassador was only about defense issues. However, as the scale and frequency of attacks by armed groups increased, To improve further, the issue discussed is military support from the United States.
According to previous discussions, the support will be divided into three parts. The first part is to purchase F-15c/d fighter jets from the United States at an affordable price. This is a third-generation, powerful, heavy-duty fighter jet, although it is purely anti-aircraft. It is an advantageous combat fighter, but it is used for air strikes against armed organizations. Its bomb load and functions are more than sufficient.
The second aspect is to request air support from the United States. Anyway, their aircraft carrier battle group is parked on the sea next to it. If the two sides can communicate with each other's data network, after discovering the enemy's situation, the US carrier-based aircraft can quickly take off and then attack the target. Bombing and attacking are naturally the best results. After all, American carrier-based aircraft have the tactical purpose of licking ground attacks. They are just right for this job. Moreover, their reaction speed, emergency response and combat capabilities are not the best. The Royal Saudi Air Force can compare.
The third aspect is, of course, to invite the United States to send Marine Corps and Saudi troops to cooperate in combat to encircle and suppress these damn armed organizations. After all, the United States Marine Corps is the elite of the elite, and it must be easy to deal with these mere militants.
All in all, whether the United States accepts one, all, or none of the demands, it is a good thing for Saudi Arabia.
For example, Saudi Arabia has been interested in the F-15 fighter jet for a long time. In the past, the United States refused to sell it, but now the opportunity has come?
As for the other two cooperations, if the United States is willing to send fighter jets, then the pressure on Saudi Arabia will be much less. At least it will attack, but there is no need to worry about the entire oil field and oil base being burned to the ground. There will be some losses to the oil base, and the entire oil base will be burned. The light then rose, but it was a completely different concept!
And if the Marine Corps is sent, that would be even better. Anyway, they are elites. When the time comes, they will be at the front and become the sharp knife force of the battle. It is unrealistic to expect the Saudi troops. In the end, it will only become more and more lively. After all, The Soviets are also anxious! If all the armed groups are really wiped out, who will burn the oil wells? How to limit oil production without burning oil wells? Doesn’t this question come back?
"It's best to drain their blood!"
At that moment, Sattler couldn't help but think secretly in his heart.
at the same time.
Huaxia, Yanjing, Fifth Machinery Department, guest house and small restaurant.
Dense snowflakes were flying outside the window, and the reception room on the second floor was filled with steam. There were only two old people, Wang Ye, Wei Qingshan, and Zhou Jinlie. There was a copper hot pot in the middle of the dining table. The main items on the table were plates of mutton and side dishes. There are only Chinese cabbage, vermicelli, frozen tofu, etc., and of course, two bottles of Maotai!
"Come on, chief! Leader!"
"I'll give it to you two. Thank you for preparing such a sumptuous banquet for me. It's just that you prepared mutton and Maotai wine. I didn't prepare anything. I just brought a mouth to eat. Got it!"
As Wang Ye spoke, he stood up with a smile and filled the wine cups for the two old men. Old man Zhou Jinlie stood up with a smile, walked to the window, opened the window a crack, and said with a smile:
"Open the windows to avoid being covered by smoke. Forget it for us old men. You must not have any problems. That brain is particularly precious. Now you are registered on it, so you can't have any problems." question!"
As soon as old man Zhou Jinlie finished speaking, old man Wei Qingshan who was sitting there said with a smile:
"Okay, come over and eat quickly!"
"Wang Ye, it's not like you didn't bring anything with you. Among the three of us, I think you are the one who brought the most. How much does it cost for a few kilograms of mutton and two bottles of Maotai? We are all sugar-coated bullets, all for the sake of You, the God of Wealth, are stealing money from you!"
As soon as these words came out, the three of them couldn't help laughing in the face of old man Wei Qingshan's teasing.
Afterwards, the three of them were eating and drinking. As Wang Ye told some interesting stories about the desert trip, as well as some things that were not mentioned yesterday and even involved confidentiality, even though there were only three people, the atmosphere in the room gradually became more intense. It became heated.
After drinking for three rounds, old man Wei Qingshan asked with a smile:
"Wang Ye, what kind of regulations do we have regarding this order?"
"I'm not afraid of your jokes, we're just waiting! Just waiting for you to share some profits with us so that the factories below can have a good year!"
Hearing what the old man Wei Qingshan said, the old man Zhou Jinlie next to him couldn't help laughing and said:
"Look, look! I finally confessed! Can't you bear it anymore?"
"They say I'm anxious, but let's see! Old Wei, you are the most anxious one."
"So Wang Ye, please hurry up and see if he's worried!"
Under the gaze of the two old men, Wang Ye put down his chopsticks, briefly organized his words, and then said:
"Chief, leader, that's what I think about it."
"This 900 million order is mainly composed of four parts. The first one is our 59-k fire support vehicle. The turret must be produced by ourselves. As for the source of the chassis, part of it needs to be new and part of it needs to be new. Recycle the old ones from the troops.”
"Needless to say, the new ones are of course integrated production of either Luoyang Yituo or Baotou II machines. How to allocate the production share is a question that leaders and chiefs need to be concerned about. As for the upstream and downstream supporting parts processing, I will be more concerned about it. If you don’t understand, let the ministry decide.”
"As for recycling the old batch of tanks from the army, this is what I think. It is best for the army's mechanics and maintenance soldiers to use the army's maintenance workshop to dismantle the tanks, remove the useless parts of the tanks, and only give them to the army. Our chassis is enough, but the most critical issue is to remove the turret. It is useless for us to have that thing anyway, and it will only increase transportation and processing costs."
The reason why Wang Ye said this is because the tank chassis supplied by the army to the consortium some time ago was transported complete with the tank chassis and turret, because the early 59 tanks used 100 mm caliber rifled After many years of use, the accuracy of the artillery has actually become very poor. It is a pity to discard it because it is tasteless and can be scrapped at any time. So we might as well give it to Wang Ye and let Wang Ye handle it himself.
The key point is that now the alliance is in a period of rapid growth. These turrets and gun barrels are not unprofitable, but they are not worth acquiring. Therefore, the alliance has no place to dump these turrets and artillery, because there is almost no other way except melting them, and after melting, they are still special Alloys cannot be directly used to produce products such as steel pipes. In addition to the high cost of secondary processing, the time cost is also inappropriate, so these turrets can only be stacked in the back mountain, looking spectacular.
Under such circumstances, Wang Ye made this request.
"However, we can't let the troops do this work in vain, so we will give an additional 10% of the dismantling cost on the basis of the chassis price. In the short term, the chassis will be supplied by the Luqi Theater. After all, the distance is Recently, the transportation cost is the lowest, what do you think?"
Hearing this, old man Wei Qingshan and old man Zhou Jinlie looked at each other. In the mist of the copper hot pot, they saw the surprise in each other's eyes. They never expected that Wang Ye would just recover the chassis from the tank equipped by the army. After a simple disassembly and removing the turret and artillery, they actually had to pay an additional 10%. To be honest, this is such a good business that even with the headlights of the searchlight troops, I couldn't find it!
"Hahaha, I think Lao Song will be so happy when he hears this news!"
"That's right! It's just to dismantle a tank. What kind of job is that? And you need to pay? Hahaha!"
"To be honest, if I were Lao Song, I would be embarrassed to receive this money!"
"Hey! Why don't we give it up? Let Wang Ye dismantle it for free. What do you think, Old Wei?"
The two leaders couldn't help but joke a few words, and finally laughed proudly. In fact, the reason why the two of them thought so was because in today's era, they habitually ignored a very important thing, that That’s labor and labor costs!
In their opinion, it was good for Wang Ye to buy a second-hand tank chassis. The reason why he sent it intact in the past was because he thought that the turret and barrel could be reused at Wang Ye's place, right?
And if Wang Ye said he didn't want a complete tank and asked for it to be sent with the turret and various internal equipment dismantled, then the army would definitely happily do the job. After all, the army would be very happy to get rid of these accumulated old tanks. Well, besides, there are so many armored soldiers, and the training intensity in recent years is not very high. Most of them are resting. Under such circumstances, doing some small jobs is just a piece of cake and not worth mentioning. ?
However, although this matter is not worth mentioning for the army, it is completely different for Wang Ye.
After all, now in the consortium, all the people inside, not just the workers, but also their family members, each one of them, is a very busy job. How can they have time to dismantle tanks? After all, the profit created by a single person in this job is too low and it is not suitable at all. In this case, it is naturally the most suitable to outsource it, and it is outsourced to the army. It is dignified, builds relationships, and supports the construction of the army. It kills multiple birds with one stone. ah!
Afterwards, Wang Ye ate a piece of frozen tofu, which was so hot that he continued to say:
"Aside from fire support vehicles, the second-ranked product is our rotorcraft."
"To be honest, the cost and production of this product are mainly concentrated on the engine and two sets of propeller systems. At present, we are unable to produce propellers and supporting bearing bushes ourselves, so we have purchased them from other units in the past, and this is expected to remain the case in the future. , so in fact, of the entire rotorcraft, only the engine is produced by our No. 1 Machinery Factory, and the frame is produced by the No. 2 Steel Factory."
"In general, there is nothing that can be outsourced in the production of rotorcraft, that is, the two propellers and some bearings, the production share is not large. As for the frame, if it is outsourced and shipped back for assembly, the cost will be too high. It is completely unnecessary, so I am planning to build an expansion project of the Second Steel Plant to solve the current and future steel supply problems."
Neither Wei Qingshan nor Zhou Jinlie had any objections to Wang Ye's statement. Finally, Wang Ye smiled and said:
"The third and fourth products are those grenade launchers and grenades."
Having said this, Wang Ye chuckled, picked up the wine cup in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, and then said:
"So in line with the principle of national defense and security, I decided to submit the relevant technologies and processes of the three types of grenade weapons and the grenade itself to our Fifth Machinery Department and the Ministry of National Defense for filing and recording, and our ministry will carry out production and distribution. This is a huge sum. Quite a big order!”
As soon as these words came out, Old Wei Qingshan and Old Zhou Jinlie had expressions of slight astonishment and surprise on their faces!
In fact, in the era of the military industry system and state-owned units, the scientific research results of all factories had to be registered with the ministries and commissions. At the same time, they were equivalent to sharing these technologies with other factories. After all, in the event of a war, everyone would be able to produce. However, because Nowadays, the times have changed, coupled with the transition from military to civilian, and the existence of the Red Star Alliance as a pilot project. The technology of the Red Star Alliance has not been handed over and filed, and there is no problem of sharing.
Of course, there is no need to register gas tank steel pipe rockets.
Coupled with the OEM orders after the Canton Fair, the technical level of OEM parts is actually very low, many third-tier factories can complete it, and it does not involve the technology transfer issue of the Red Star Consortium, so this issue will be ignored.
But now, Wang Ye has to take the initiative to raise this issue, because Wang Ye is not going to take any part manufacturing method. He is going to turn these low-tech, low-profit, and high-labor costs into "two lows and one high" The entire product will be handed over to other factories for OEM!
These include the manufacturing of various gas tanks and steel pipe rockets, as well as grenade weapons and grenades.
Under such circumstances, regarding issues like "military patents", it must be considered that the transfer of overall technology will inevitably lead to the technological awakening of other manufacturers. If there are no restrictions, it will soon fall into vicious competition and involution. .
In fact, after the Canton Fair ended and the Red Star Consortium became famous within the military industry system, related work was already underway, led by the Ministry of Five Machinery and the Ministry of National Defense in order to prevent vicious competition in military factories' export earnings. Regarding the issue of internal price reduction, the two ministries and commissions jointly formulated regulations and norms on active foreign exchange earning. For example, it is prohibited to completely copy the same type of products from other factories. Certain changes must be made. For example, no more than three factories can produce the same type of products at the same time. Exports earn foreign exchange, and prices are monitored by ministries and commissions, etc.
At this moment, the two leaders looked surprised.
Because they actually discussed the technical issues of the Red Star Alliance internally, and summarized it in eight words, called "put it on hold for the time being, development first", but they never expected that Wang Ye would take the initiative to bring it up!
Then, under the gaze of the two people, Wang Ye explained with a smile:
"The reason why I talk about national defense security is really to prevent the coming and intensification of war."
"After all, the demand for this kind of weapon will be huge, and our consortium does not have enough production capacity. To temporarily allocate technology to other factories to organize production, not only do we need to prepare, but we also need to improve the production line, and we need this and that. If it delays the battle, it will be a big problem!"
"So, I decided that we will submit the grenade-related technology to the two ministries and commissions for filing. In the future, the ministries and commissions can also authorize other factories to produce imitations, but I also have three requirements."
"First, any factory that receives the technology authorization will not be able to produce similar weapons for export and earn foreign exchange within five years. They can only produce these products for domestic sales, either to the military or to us. I call it 'patent protection period'."
"Second, we purchase the grenade launchers and grenades they produce at the planned price, and they must engrave the logo of our Red Star Federation on the weapons. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are still OEMs."
"Third, after the five-year period is over, they will be free. If they want to imitate our grenade launchers and export them to earn foreign exchange, then they have to pay 20% of the money, up to five years. If they can use the grenade they can Technology, any novel weapons and equipment derived from it, which are completely different from grenade launchers, can also be exported to earn foreign exchange. As for the rules, please refer to our previous ones. They cannot be copied, up to three companies, and the ministries and commissions will conduct price supervision, etc., but If we still have a procurement contract, they must give us priority and not delay."
"Finally, if it is purchased by our own troops, of course it is not just grenade launchers, but there will be more other products in the future, then ask us first. If we are willing to take it and can take it all, then the order will be ours. If we are unwilling or do not have the production capacity, the troops can also be purchased from them, and they do not have any restrictions. They can just produce and supply the troops at will, except in war situations, where everyone has to produce."
"This is all I ask for, chief, leader, what do you two think?"
"As long as possible, we will follow this process for all grenade and launcher orders!"
At that moment, Old Wei Qingshan said without hesitation:
"I have no problem, I can make the decision!"
The old man Zhou Jinlie next to him said with a smile:
"I don't have a problem either!"
Hearing this, Wang Ye couldn't help but have a bright smile on his face.
After all, for the consortium, as half a military-industrial enterprise, technical registration cannot be circumvented. Even if it can be given some special treatment because of the pilot project, it will definitely happen in the future, so it is better to propose it yourself and be decent. gain some benefits.
"Cheers! To both elders, good health and all the best!"
Finally, Wang Ye picked up the wine glass and said excitedly.
